grade 5 vocab

a tempo

in time

accelerando

gradually getting faster

adagio

slow

affetuoso

tenderly

al alla

in the style of

alla breve

with a minim beat

allargando

broadening

allagretto

fairly quick

allegro

fast

allegro assai

very fast

allegro moderato

moderately fast

amabile

pleasant

andante

at a walking pace

andantino

slightly faster than andante

animato

animated, lively

appassionato

with passion

assai

very

attacca

go immediately to next section

ben

well

brio

vigour

come

as, similar to

comodo

at a comfortable speed

col

with

deciso

with determination

dolce

sweet, soft

dolore

grief, sorrow

doloroso

sorrowful

douce

sweet

e, ed

and

energico

energetic

fine

the end

fortepiano

loud, then immediately soft

forza

force

giocoso

playful, merry

grave

very slow, solemn

grazioso

graceful

langsam

slow

largamente

broadly

larghetto

rather slow

largo

slow and stately

lebhaft

lively

leggiero

light, nimble

lent/o

slow

ma

but

maestoso

majestic

marcato

emphatic, accented

marcia

march

massig

at a moderate speed

meno

less

mesto

sad

mezzo

half

moderato

moderate speed

modere

at a moderate speed

molto

very much

morendo

dying away

mosso/moto

movement

niente

nothing (silence)

non

not

perdendosi

dying away

pesante

heavy

piu

more

poco a poco

little by little

prestissimo

as fast as possible

presto

fast/faster than allegro

prima, primo

first

quasi

as if, resembling

retenu/ritenuto

held back

rinforzando

reinforcing

risoluto

bold, strong

ritmico

rhythmically

rubato

with some freedom of time

ruhig

peaceful

scherzando

playfully, joking

schnell

fast

semplice

simple, plain

sempre

always

senza

without

sforzando/sforzato

forced, accented

simile

in the same way

smorzando

dying away in tone and speed

sonoro

resonant, with a rich tone

sostenuto

sustained

sotto voce

in an undertone

stringendo

gradually getting faster

subito

suddenly

tenuto

held

tranquillo

calm

traurig

sad

tristamente, triste

sorrowful

troppo

too much

vite

quick

vivace, vivo

lively, quick